indé

See also: inde

Catalan

Noun

indé m (plural indens)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of indè

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi endé. Cognate with Guaraní nde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ĩ.ˈdɛ]

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• Hyphenation: in‧dé
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

indé

1. (first-class) second-person singular personal pronoun (you)

   Indé mira. Indé resasá puranga.

   You are a person. You do well.

   Aé uputari uyuká indé.

   He wants to kill you.

   Aé umeẽ manungara indé arama.

   He gives something to you.

Usage notes

• As a first-class pronoun, indé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun indé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns

singular	first-class pronoun	second-class pronoun
first-person	ixé	se
second-person	indé	ne
third-person	aé	i
plural	first-class pronoun	second-class pronoun
first-person	yandé	yané
second-person	penhẽ	pe
third-person	aintá (or tá)	aintá (or tá)

References

• AVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, pages 325 and 326
• DA CRUZ, Aline (2011) Fonologia e gramática do nheengatu: a língua geral falada pelos povos baré, warekena e baniwa, Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap, →ISBN, page 46
• NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 104